Sale 841: Elite Americana, Travel & Exploration, Natural History, and Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction (#841) 07/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-9 of 9. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letter from a Pennsylvania Quaker woman travelling near the Virginia and Maryland borders, who stays with an Underground Railroad conductor Heading(African American, 1858)AuthorLewis, HannahHeadlineMeeting a fugitive slave on the Underground RailroadDate Published[August] 22, 1858 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Civil War archive of 8 letters sent to friends and family from missionary teacher of emancipated children in Union-occupied Mississippi Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorWelsh, LizzieHeadlineMissionary teacher of freed slave children in 'Secesh' NatchezDate Published1859-1867 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #4 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineWith Washington and Lafayette manuscriptsProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherNicholas Ponce and Francois GodefroyDate Publishedc.1784 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #14 An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, In Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: And Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle Author[Child, David Lee]HeadlineEnquiry into the conduct of General Putnam, 1819ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherThomas G. BangsDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Romance of the Bosphorus Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorNeave, Dorina LadyHeadlineDedicated and inscribed to Winston ChurchillProvenanceWinston S. ChurchillPublisherHutchinson and CompanyDate Published1949 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #22 Why War? / Warum Krieg? AuthorEinstein, Albert and Sigmund FreudHeadlineEinstein and Freud ask, Why War?ProvenanceSmith Ely Jelliffe, Neuro Psychiatric Institute Medical LibraryPublisherLeague of Nations International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation [Internationales Institut Fur Geistige Zusammenarbeit]Date Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #26 Autograph letter signed from Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Franklin ALS to William Strahan, 1762ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1762 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold Lot #45 A List of His Majesty's Royal Navy Heading(Scott, Percy, Sir, Bart., former owner)HeadlineBritish Navy list w/ HMS Victory, Percy Scott bookplateProvenanceAdmiral Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet (bookplate)PublisherNavy OfficeDate Published1800 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #55 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next